Su Zi Zi itibaren Ballyhalbert, Newtownards, Ards BT22 1FX, İngiltere itibaren Ballyhalbert, Newtownards, Ards BT22 1FX, İngiltere

As far as I remember this book won a reputable price. It was a good work about feelings, problems and chalengies that an immigrant will experience.

So... I read this book around the time it came out because I was in eighth grade. I reread it recently, and it still remains one of my favorite imprisonment stories because gosh darn it, she manages to keep some humour about her imprisonment, even though the six years have taken their toll on her. The descriptions of everything in China during the Cultural Revolution was exquisitely done, and I got swept up in the history. I actually believe that this book influenced me in choosing the modern history of China as one of my areas of study at University.

This is really better than three stars, yet it doesn't make four. Again, a book I never would have discovered without my sister-in-law, Deb, having gifted it. It's quite an amusing little book. Some decent characters. A bit of suspense. Good setting. Tad of humor. Fun to see how things play out. Read it when you're in the mood for a not terribly suspenseful suspense with a lot of fitting lines from Emily Dickinson's poetry thrown in. Don't you find yourself in such a mood often? Anyway, though some things seemed coincidental, though you may have to suspend your disbelief when people are saved IN THE NICK OF TIME, I thought it was very much worth my time. A caveat---the fatness of the pathetic loser who causes most of the trouble due to her insane jealousy and obsession is portrayed (the fatness, I mean) as a manifestation of her pathetic, evil loseriness---the implication is that of course she's no good; she's a fat person. This bugged me. Also, she buys four dozen doughnuts and eats them all in one evening. Come on. Still, all things considered, thumbs up.